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Metalhead priest and his 'Sinners' bandmates are big pope fans

from the archives July 30, 2013 BUENOS AIRES--He's not your average parish priest: Father Cesar fronts the “Sinners” metal band, has a major record deal and jokes that he opens for the pope, a close pal. …More
from the archives
July 30, 2013
BUENOS AIRES--He's not your average parish priest: Father Cesar fronts the “Sinners” metal band, has a major record deal and jokes that he opens for the pope, a close pal.
Pope “Francis has rock inside him because rock is all about breaking down structures,” quipped Cesar Scicchitano, an assistant priest in a neighborhood of Buenos Aires, the pontiff's hometown.
Known as the “rocker priest” in Argentina, Scicchitano and Francis have been friends for almost two decades, sharing a tight bond the musician likened to a father-son relationship.
Scicchitano said he recently received a letter from the pope, who just wrapped up a landmark visit to Brazil, urging him “to keep rocking, and reinforce his message from onstage.”
Music, for Father Cesar, is an intricate part of life and faith.
“Faith without music is like a movie without music: boring,” he said, arguing that “Jesus was a rocker because of the hard core toughness he had. He had to get up on that cross …More
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I have a problem with what the priest says here: "I am a musician who happens to be a priest." That's just wrong. I myself had been a drummer in a rock band for years. And sometimes I play the drums even now. But priesthood is 100% of my life. Drumming is 0.0000000000000001% of my life.
No. He is a priest, who should happen to play music on occasion. As for the particular music he is playing, that …More
I have a problem with what the priest says here: "I am a musician who happens to be a priest." That's just wrong. I myself had been a drummer in a rock band for years. And sometimes I play the drums even now. But priesthood is 100% of my life. Drumming is 0.0000000000000001% of my life.

No. He is a priest, who should happen to play music on occasion. As for the particular music he is playing, that is yet another question.